#1 Hour of PowerOne hour. Sixty minutes. Three-thousand-six-hundred seconds. That's all the time that you've been allotted for this customizing challenge. The goal is to see just how much you can accomplish while working under a very tight deadline. Everyone is on the honor system for this one, so let's keep it honest.

# 2 Goon SquadIt's all about the benjamins for this one, this contest focuses on hired goons. Mercenaries, thugs, troops, assassins, or spies. Anyone that enters into combat in exchange for money qualifies for this contest. So people like Taskmaster, Deathstroke, and Arcade are valid options as well as generic troops like Stormtroopers, Cobra Vipers, and Joker goons.

#4 Revenge of the Nerds It's time for the smarty pants to get some custom loving, this contest focuses on genius level characters. People like Reed Richards, Mr. Terrific, Brainiac, The Leader, Bruce Banner, Hank Pym, etc.

#6 UnmaskedMake any character without their mask/helmet/hood on, revealing their real face. The character doesn't necessarily have to have a secret identity, but they do have to normally wear some type of headgear that conceals their features.

I think my one hour custom idea would have some very interesting results, but, being a video game junkie, I'm going to go with FPS Fiesta.

While I realize I authored that FPS Fiesta contest description, in restrospect, I think it might be a better idea (and make your life easier, as far as fielding questions regarding what's legal subject matter and what isn't) to include light gun games, rather than exclude them, simply because they are so similar, and, in some cases (particularly light gun games that aren't on rails and allow the player to freely navigate the game environment), pretty much indistinguishable.

Patraw wrote:I think my one hour custom idea would have some very interesting results, but, being a video game junkie, I'm going to go with FPS Fiesta.

While I realize I authored that FPS Fiesta contest description, in restrospect, I think it might be a better idea (and make your life easier, as far as fielding questions regarding what's legal subject matter and what isn't) to include light gun games, rather than exclude them, simply because they are so similar, and, in some cases (particularly light gun games that aren't on rails and allow the player to freely navigate the game environment), pretty much indistinguishable.

#1 Not So Super MenA lot of characters have been copied, but none so much as Superman. The focus of this contest is the legion of knock offs that the Man of Steel has inspired over the years. Entries would be people like Apollo, Mr. Majestic, Gladiator, Sentry, Hyperion, Supreme, Blue Marvel, Prime, Icon, Omni Man, Samaritan, etc. etc.

# 3 Living LargeWe've had a contest about the small, now it's time for the big guys to have their time to shine. For this contest all entries must be 8 inches or larger. The scale of entries is open so there are a lot of options to explore. You could do anything from a giant size character in the 3 3/4 inch scale all the way to a small statured character in the 12 inch scale. Things like Sentinels, Juggernauts, Giant Man, Icon's scale Puck, Celestials, Frost giants, etc. etc.

#4 Barbarians IIWho needs civilization when you can run around in fur panties screaming your lungs out and swinging a giant battle axe? For this challenge, make a custom of any existing barbarian-type character or invent your own primitive savage. Stuff like Conan, Tarzan, Kull the Conqueror, Red Sonja, Warlord, Ka-Zar, Thundarr, Dave The Barbarian, etc.

#5 Alienated Anatomy The one thing that 99% of customs have in common is basic human anatomy. Everything has a head, two arms and two legs. The challenge of this contest is to get away from that. All entries for this contest must have inhuman anatomy. Things like hybrids (centaurs, mermaids, Satyrs), aliens (metroids, brood, Starros) and animals (Lockjaw, Krypto, Battle Cat)/ The rule of thumb for this contest is if it can pass for a human, it's not allowed.

#6 Battle BeastsWood floats on water. Water puts out fire. Fire burns wood. Make a custom of any Battle Beast character you like, or invent your own. Note that you don't have to make your custom in scale with the original Battle Beast toys, or the new MiniMates ones (which are both fairly small), you can make them much bigger if you like.